Seven deadly myths of testing moderation in organizational research

Statistical and Methodological Myths and Urban Legends: Doctrine, Verity and Fable in the Organizational and Social Sciences

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 143-164

  Edwards, Jeffrey R ^a  

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